Spencer Pratt reveals his biggest mistake in campaign for mayor of Los Angeles

Spencer Pratt thinks he figured out where his campaign for Los Angeles mayor went wrong.The former reality TV star and failed mayoral candidate took a swipe at the city’s left-wing politics during an impromptu interview after returning from Washington, D.C., joking that he should have turned to communism to win over LA voters.“Yeah, I think I should have just run as a communist,” Pratt quipped while climbing into a large silver pickup truck.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story “I think that’s what the people of LA want,” he added.“So I think I should have just said I was a communist.

Or at least a champagne socialist.”Pratt — a Republican-leaning political outsider who built his campaign around blasting City Hall’s handling of the devastating Palisades fire, homelessness and government dysfunction — failed to advance beyond the June primary.“The Hills” star finished third behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bass and democratic socialist Nithya Raman, who went on to win the race.Pratt had pitched himself as a political disruptor who would shake up City Hall, but his celebrity status and attacks on the city’s Democratic leadership weren’t enough to propel him to the November runoff.His sarcastic assessment came after he was asked about President Trump’s recent criticism of Pratt’s campaign, including Trump’s suggestion that the candidate should have challenged the election results.Pratt acknowledged the president’s comments but offered his own explanation for why his campaign fell short.Asked whether he preferred Raman to Bass, Pratt didn’t offer much hope that the change in leadership would produce different results.“Same entity, same entity,” he said, pointing out that the two Democrats had knocked on doors together.The exchang...